My sense is that there is so much pressure in the weather industry to get ad clicks/revenue that it seems that they make speculative events seem more likely and more dramatic. The amount of snow storms that are going to be heavy snow and dangerous condition have been overblown to the point that I don’t believe them until after the snow is down. I recognize the aspect of public safety element of calling storms though there is significant risk of crying wolf. I would never have considered myself someone who would fall into that category but the poor level of accuracy has forced me in that route. I’m suspect of this very dramatic prediction coming through.<p>For the record I track weather for a multitude of sports are dependent on specific aspects so am close to the forecasting nature.
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-10/as-polar-vortex-stirs-a-deep-freeze-threatens-u-s-and-europe?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-10/as-polar-...</a><p>Fewer cool graphics but much more understandable article.
The warm period in December has a word in Norwegian: kakelinna, traditionally thought to be caused by excessive baking before Christmas. <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakelinna" rel="nofollow">https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakelinna</a>
I just hope this means more snow in Southeast Michigan. Something like a few days of 2" per day, then a decent dusting every night, would be excellent. With many of us looking for nice outdoor activities during COVID times, thus far it's been an awful winter.<p>We got a bit of snow, then some rain, and all the packed snow on trails and paths where people walk, hike, run, and bike have become sheets of ice. Snow is great for outdoor winter stuff, but ice is really hard to deal with.
This kind of article has caused my father, who hasnt seen any snow this winter so far, to buy two new snow shovels for my grandmother (who has not seen any ground snow either and already has a dedicated snow shovel and a plower). When I asked 'why', he told me he read of a 'professional' snow shoveler who has multiple shovels for different types of snow. Meanwhile, in my area we are snow coverred for two weeks now (pretty standard around here) and pretty much everyone in the neighboorhood has a single shovel and a vanilla broom for the task.<p>Yeah, we have seen the pictures from Madrid but come-on, you dont have to prepare like its gonna be 6 feet of snow tomorrow.
The next decade is going to be wild. We will start to really see the effects of climate change. Real consequences for every day lives in the western world.<p>Prepare for erratic weather. Storm's coming.
Putting aside how good the actual predictions are, I really enjoyed how this was written. It explained things in a manner that I could understand, and I don't have meteorological knowledge beyond what I could glean off a weather forecast.
For those wondering, if this does occur it would affect Canadians as well. [1] The source states it is not a guaranteed event.<p>1: <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/face-numbingly-cold-weather-may-be-coming-thanks-to-polar-vortex-1.5260669" rel="nofollow">https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/face-numbingly-cold-w...</a>
If you just moved to a northern climate and have been saying this isn't that bad, then this is a bit of a wake-up call to make sure you are ready for winter. I still do recommend that you keep one of those shiny silver mylar survival blankets in your car. It works not only for warmth but also to put outside the car if you are off road and need to be spotted. Keep a week's worth of good at home that doesn't need electricity to prepare. Power outages in extreme cold are a pain.
20 screen pages to say it's expected to snow in January. /smartass<p>Actually a decent explanation of what "polar vortex" means and a good illustration of how it causes winter weather. Without even "and this means the end of humanity tomorrow!" hype.
Checked this site out on mobile: tons of ads, pop up video ad, super ugly distracting ads too. Can anyone here suggest a way to adblock for chrome on android?
This is great. People who don't trust experts and cynically think that <i>everything</i> is political can readily say "It's really cold! See, global warming and climate change are fake!" Here we see that the polar vortex isn't extra-strong this year, it's extra-week, and the breakdown may send chunks of it southward.<p>This armchair level of understanding (even if my summary is not right on the nose) is what we need when we encounter people who <i>actually</i> want to politicize the weather. Will we defeat ignorance, or will ignorance defeat us?
People talking about how they are looking forward to warm weather: you are selfish ghouls. People are already dying from refugee and crop failure situations around the world.